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According to Larry Brooks of the NY Post, the NHL has issued an ultimatum to the NHLPA, demanding compliance with a new set of rules concerning high-end, salary cap circumventing contracts or else face the editing of current rule-bending contracts.

Either way, it looks like Chris Pronger’s deal with the Flyers is safe.

After specifically calling out the contracts of Roberto Luongo, Marian Hossa, Ilya Kovalchuk and possibly Mark Savard, it was mentioned
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Although opening day of training camp is still roughly a month away, that doesn't stop the Flyers' front office from building the framework of the forward lines.

According to CSNPhilly.com, the Flyers are planning to start training camp with Mike Richards centering Claude Giroux and Dan Carcillo. This might come as a minor surprise considering that Giroux proved late last season that he flourishes at the center position.

On July 27, Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger underwent minor surgery to clean out his damaged right knee. *Following the successful procedure, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren stated that the 35-year old would be *”ready for the start of camp.”

Holmgren may have been a bit optimistic.

“No. I can tell you that much,” Pronger said, when asked by PR staff if he would be 100-percent for the start of training camp in Sept. “With the amount of atrophy, it is going to take a lot of hard work to build the leg muscles back up.

In a surprise announcement by the Flyers on Monday, forward Riley Cote has declared his retirement at the age of 28. *He will become an assistant coach with the Adirondack Phantoms of the American Hockey League.

Cote, who was set to make $550,000 this season had he not been sent to the AHL, played 156 career games with the Flyers where he racked up 411 penalty minutes.

"Dima became a father in America, a kid he didn't even have time to see. When his wife comes to visit and I look at the kid, he looks exactly like Dima - all his facial expressions, even his hair is the same. It's a small comfort, but he left something
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